Interventions for Functioning Alcoholic Parents
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Interventions for Functioning Alcoholic Parents
Many parents in society are functioning alcoholics. These parents are often not looked at as a problem because they maintain jobs, get their children to school. However, the impact they have on their family live is horrendous can become very damaging. These parents need an intervention just as much as any other alcoholic. They may appear to be functioning but their lives are just as impacted by the addiction as others. The following paper will include a literature review, that will review and discuss the existing research related to this topic, current trends in interventions and treatment, and a new design of an intervention, treatment and aftercare to address a solution for functioning alcoholics.
Literature Review
Researching many different approaches to different interventions, it was profound that this isn’t a new topic for research many different studies were easily found on subject. Holder (2007), summarizes the state of knowledge concerning various strategies to prevent alcohol-involved problems. This study laid out the specific goals of alcohol prevention. The goals being 1) to delay or prevent the onset of use and 2) to reduce the likelihood that alcohol-related problems will occur in the future. Holder states that rehabilitation cannot take place unless there is a clear goal in the mind of the patient. Humans are prone to delaying gratification and this makes it hard to continue to work on rehabilitation if there is not a tangible reward at the end of the effort (Holder 2007)
Michael R. Frone (1994) had an interesting take on the subject of substance abuse. He holds that a working-family will have more conflict resulting in a higher risk for substance abuse. He finds that it is is a potential stressor because it represent a threat or impediment to self-identification. He continues with his thoughts that people are
Interventions for Functioning Alcoholic Parents
Many parents in society are functioning alcoholics. These parents are often not looked at as a problem because they maintain jobs, get their children to school. However, the impact they have on their family live is horrendous can become very damaging. These parents need an intervention just as much as any other alcoholic. They may appear to be functioning but their lives are just as impacted by the addiction as others. The following paper will include a literature review, that will review and discuss the existing research related to this topic, current trends in interventions and treatment, and a new design of an intervention, treatment and aftercare to address a solution for functioning alcoholics.
Literature Review
Researching many different approaches to different interventions, it was profound that this isn’t a new topic for research many different studies were easily found on subject. Holder (2007), summarizes the state of knowledge concerning various strategies to prevent alcohol-involved problems. This study laid out the specific goals of alcohol prevention. The goals being 1) to delay or prevent the onset of use and 2) to reduce the likelihood that alcohol-related problems will occur in the future. Holder states that rehabilitation cannot take place unless there is a clear goal in the mind of the patient. Humans are prone to delaying gratification and this makes it hard to continue to work on rehabilitation if there is not a tangible reward at the end of the effort (Holder 2007)
Michael R. Frone (1994) had an interesting take on the subject of substance abuse. He holds that a working-family will have more conflict resulting in a higher risk for substance abuse. He finds that it is is a potential stressor because it represent a threat or impediment to self-identification. He continues with his thoughts that people are
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